"At the 2016 Masters, Palmer did not hit a ceremonial opening tee shot alongside his friends Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus -- that trio in its prime was marketed as the Big Three -- and Nicklaus, his great rival, spoke about Palmer's absence with notable sadness, already anticipating Sunday's news. Two months later, at the U.S. Open at Oakmont, 35 miles from Palmer's hometown in Latrobe, Pa., players and commentators, young and old and in between, paid tribute to the man known as the King. All of golf has been preparing itself emotionally for Palmer's death, which for millions of golfers around the world was almost like losing a parent. The golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez spent decades preaching this message: "Every touring pro should bow down and pray to Arnold Palmer, for what he did for golf.""
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